Wrapping Up Summertime

Happy Birthday Mav!

Maverik's Birthday cake had a Wall-E theme

With summer winding down in the next few weeks the Nelson family has been busy with a number of activities. We've celebrated Maverik's Birthday and are working towards getting new furniture and carpeting for the living room. I've included some pictures and a video of the birthday action.

Well, in the last few days I've caught Jayden in the act of sitting up straight in his crib! Sunday morning I walked into his and Mav's room to get him out of bed, and Jayden was sitting straight up and looking at me. Jaecy and Mav were playing in the room today after their naps and Jaecy starting yelling at me, "Jayden's sitting up Daddy, Jayden's sitting up!" Little moments, little steps....this boy's gonna walk some day.

Back in The Saddle

Whew! That's all I can say now that I'm done with my annual 10-11 day summer job. For those of you not aware I (Dustin) and my brother work at the Porter County Fair for the entire duration of the fair. That basically means working 11 days of 15-16 hours a day in a row. The job leaves me tired and plain worn out, and to be honest it took me almost a full 3 days before I felt good once the fair was done. We have lots of little things going on right now, so I thought a short update was in order.

• Mav and Jaecy went to the Dentist! They were very brave!
• Kari and I went to see The Dark Knight.
• We've been doing some window shopping for living room furniture.
• Kari has started her Golf practices at Calumet High School.
  

We have been to lots of movies this summer, The Dark Knight being the latest. It was a really good movie, one that I'd recommend to anyone. So far we've seen TDK, Hancock, Wall-E, and The Hulk. I have also watched some new DVD movies, I really liked Vantage Point and Definitely, Maybe.

God Shed His Grace On Thee!

We had a great time for the Fourth of July holiday! We spent time with family and went to Lake Michigan to watch the fireworks. Kari even caught some of the fireworks on video. I've never seen so many firework shows in one place!

Mav playing with the sand at the Ogden Dunes beach

Jayden swinging in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard

Jaecy in action on the water slide

Firework show at the beach

Happy Birthday Jayden!

We celebrated Jayden's birthday at Zao Island, the second year in a row that we've done so. At Zao Island we played mini-gold, road Go-Karts, hit baseballs, road the bumper cars, and had some birthday cake. The pictures tell the story better than I ever could!


Aunt Ann and Uncle Doug

Mommy and Jayden

Cousins Alyssa, Hanna, and Jaecy

Jaecy, Mommy, Jayden, Daddy, and Mav stop for a picture!

Jayden and Cousin Brogan share a moment